Prions: Who should worry about them?

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 622-627

  Ena, Javier ^a,b  

^a Marina Baixa Hospital   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL MARINA BAIXA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Creutzfeldt Jakob syndrome; Encephalopathies; Prevention and control; Prion diseases; PsPSc proteins

Indexed keywords

BOVINE INSULIN; PRION PROTEIN; RABIES VACCINE;

BLOOD; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; BRAIN TISSUE; COMMUNITY; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DONOR; EVALUATION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT; PRION DISEASE; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TISSUE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; STERILIZATION;

EID: 26444584964     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.02.004     Document Type: Review

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